{"id":3734,"date":"2023-11-26T20:27:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-26T20:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=3734"},"modified":"2023-11-28T23:09:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-28T23:09:03","slug":"the-stars-tonight","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/the-poems\/the-stars-tonight\/","title":{"rendered":"The stars tonight"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> The stars tonight<br \/>\nby cricketjeff on March 27, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved<br \/>\nThe stars tonight were twice as bright as they&#8217;ve the right to be,<br \/>\nFrom every height the glorious sight rained sweet delight on me.<br \/>\nAt times like these the gods take ease and bathe in seas of joy,<br \/>\nWhile lovers squeeze and gently tease, each girl to please her boy.<br \/>\nThe Moon&#8217;s away so stars make play, their cabaret&#8217;s complete.<br \/>\nUntil the day we two shall stay and we&#8217;ll survey the treat.<br \/>\nDon&#8217;t hesitate, the stars dictate that we should state our case<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;ll not wait &#8217;til hopes deflate to contemplate your face.<br \/>\nInside your eyes I&#8217;ll find my prize and recognise\u00a0 your love;<br \/>\nWhile far from lies and gentle sighs we dream through skies above.<br \/>\nI hope you see, the poetry of giving me your kiss &#8211;<br \/>\nAnd I&#8217;m now free to simply be cast on a sea of bliss.<br \/>\n Author notes<br \/>\nSorry the rhymes sort of got carried away there &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The stars tonight by cricketjeff on March 27, 2009.\u00a0 \u00a9 Jeff Green, All rights reserved The stars tonight were twice as bright as they&#8217;ve the right to be, From every height the glorious sight rained sweet delight on me. At times like these the gods take ease and bathe in seas of joy, While lovers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9742,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3734","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7774,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3734\/revisions\/7774"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/nicewaistcoat.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}